S TAT E L E S S B Y D E C R E E Exemplifying the character of the campaign, on 21 November 2024, the Kuwaiti news outlet, Al-Qabas, published an article entitled Citizenship withdrawn and revoked from 1647 people.139 It lauded the efforts of “Acting Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahd Al-Yousef, (Fahad al-Yousef al-Sabah) [...] to examine and scrutinize Kuwaiti citizenship files to uncover forgers and dual nationals [...]” and that at its most recent meeting, the Supreme Committee for the Investigation of Kuwaiti Nationality had announced that “it decided to withdraw and revoke Kuwaiti citizenship from 1,647 people in preparation for presenting it to the Council of Ministers.” It also stated that: • • • • • • • A total of 4112 revocations were imposed in November 2024, up to the 21 November publication date of the report; 1535 revocations on 14 November 2024 alone; 930 revocations were announced on 7 November 2024, that “[...] the majority of those whose citizenship was withdrawn by the committeeʼs decision yesterday were divorced expatriate women who obtained it for personal gain, and did not complete the required conditions due to the leniency of some”; “Fahd Al-Yousef (Fahad al-Yousef al-Sabah) follows up on every case in the committee and personally supervises any decision” That “only a limited number of people appealed the decisions of the Supreme Committee for Citizenship Investigation, which means that the committee's work is accurate and proceeds in accordance with the law”, and It reminded readers that “many benefits suspended from them, including the withdrawal of government houses or farms allocated to them, or the cancellation of their role in granting them government houses through a joint committee [...]” The article concluded with statistics on the total number of revocations on specific dates: • • • • • • • • 1647 - 21 November 2024 930 - 7 November 2024 489 - 31 October 2024 198 - 19 October 2024 133 - 3 October 2024 112 - 19 September 2024 90 - 12 September 2024 78 - 29 August 2024 The pace continued to the end of 2024: • • • • • 23 November 2024 - Reports surface that 4,280 people were stripped of their Kuwait nationality within 3 weeks, and 5,212 within 3 months, including 1,145 women. 3 December 2024 - 1,145 women and 13 men have their citizenship revoked. The women are primarily foreign wives naturalised through marriage. 5 December 2024 - 2,162 people, including two prominent entertainers (actor Dawood Hussein and singer Nawal Al-Kuwaitiya), have their citizenship reported revoked by the Supreme Committee for forgery or violations of the Kuwait Nationality Law. 12 December 2024 - 3,043 citizenships are reported stripped of their Kuwait nationality by the Supreme Committee. 16 December 2024 - Analysis finds that more than 12,000 citizenships have been denaturalized since August 2024. The primary targets are dual nationality holders, along with naturalised women and their families. 50